SETA moderation training course

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD
This unit standard is for people who conduct internal or external moderation course or moderation Unit Standard of outcomes-based assessments. The assessments could be in terms of outcomes defined in a number of documents, including but not limited to unit standards, exit level outcomes, assessment standards, curriculum statements and qualifications. This unit standard will contribute towards the achievement of a variety of qualifications particularly within the field of Education Training and Development Practices and Human Resource Development.

Those who have achieved this unit standard will be able to moderate assessments in terms of the relevant outcome statements and quality assurance requirements. The candidate-moderator will be able to use the prescribed Quality Assurance procedures in a fair, valid, reliable and practicable manner that is free of all bias and discrimination, paying particular attention to the three groups targeted for redress: race, gender and disability.

In particular, people credited with this unit standard are able to:
Demonstrate understanding of moderation course or moderation Unit Standard within the context of an outcomes-based assessment system,
Plan and prepare for moderation course or moderation Unit Standard,
Conduct moderation course or moderation Unit Standard,
Advise and support assessors,
Report, record and administer moderation course or moderation Unit Standard, and
Review moderation course or moderation Unit Standard systems and processes.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
The credit calculation is based on the assumption that learners have previous assessment experience when starting to learn towards this unit standard, and in particular, recognition for the unit standard: NLRD 115753: “Conduct outcomes-based assessments”. It is recommended that candidates should achieve NLRD 115755: “Design and develop outcomes-based assessments” before attempting this unit standard:

It is further assumed that the person has evaluative expertise within the field in which they are moderating assessments.

UNIT STANDARD RANGE
1. This is a generic unit standard, and applies to internal and/or external moderation course or moderation Unit Standard within all fields of learning. It is accepted that moderation course or moderation Unit Standard happens in different ways and at different levels in different sectors, including different models for what constitutes internal versus external moderation course or moderation Unit Standard. This standard is intended to cover any situation in which moderation course or moderation Unit Standard occurs, whether this be internally, i.e. within the ambit of the provider-assessor, or externally through cooperating providers, or externally through professional bodies and quality assurance bodies.

2. Assessment of candidate-moderators will only be valid for award of this unit standard if the following requirements are met:
moderation course or moderation Unit Standard is carried out for assessments that include candidates with special needs, and RPL situations. Where real assessments are not available to cover these situations, the candidate is able to demonstrate how special needs and RPL situations would be addressed within their moderation course or moderation Unit Standard plan and process.
moderation course or moderation Unit Standard covers assessment instruments, assessment design and methodology, assessment records; assessment decisions, reporting and feedback mechanisms.
moderation course or moderation Unit Standard is carried out for assessments involving a variety of assessment techniques, such as work samples, simulations, role-plays, written items, oral, portfolios and projects.
moderation course or moderation Unit Standard activities include pre-assessment interactions with assessors, interactions during assessments and post-assessment interactions.
moderation course or moderation Unit Standard involves at least two sets of real assessment materials for the same standards and at least six assessor decisions.
The assessments that are moderated are in relation to a significant, meaningful and coherent outcome statement that includes assessment criteria and allows for judgements of competence in line with SAQA’s definition of competence i.e. embraces foundational, practical and reflexive dimensions of competence. This means that moderation course or moderation Unit Standard of simple, single-task assessments will not be valid for awarding this unit standard.

3. For the purposes of assessment against this unit standard, candidate-moderators should have access to organisational assessment and moderation course or moderation Unit Standard policies, procedures and systems. It is assumed the organisational policies and procedures are of a quality sufficient for accreditation purposes. Where candidate-moderators are assessed in organisations that do not have a moderation course or moderation Unit Standard system in place, assessors of moderators should provide a mock system for the purposes of the assessment.

4. This unit standard applies to all Moderators, regardless of whether a person carries out moderation course or moderation Unit Standard internally, as part of an organisation’s quality assurance system, or externally, as part of an ETQA or other process to verify assessment results supplied by the provider or assessment agency.

Further range statements are provided in the body of the unit standard where they apply to particular specific outcomes or assessment criteria.